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HB1113 • 2026

Culturally responsive & language-appropriate mental health support & services; guidance & policies.

An Act to require guidance and permit policies governing the provision of culturally responsive and language-appropriate mental health support and services.

Education
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Nivar
Last action
2026-04-13
Official status
Acts of Assembly Chapter
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Culturally responsive & language-appropriate mental health support & services; guidance & policies.

Department of Education; culturally responsive and language-appropriate mental health support and services; guidance and policies.

What This Bill Does

  • Department of Education; culturally responsive and language-appropriate mental health support and services; guidance and policies.
  • Requires, no later than October 1, 2027, the Department of Education to develop, adopt, and provide to each local school board guidance on the adoption of policies governing the provision of culturally responsive and language-appropriate mental health support and services for students in the local school division and permits any school board to develop and adopt policies in the local school division that are consistent with the guidelines adopted and provided by the Department of Education.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-13 Governor

    Approved by Governor-Chapter 936 (effective 7/1/2026)

  2. 2026-04-13 Governor

    Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0936)

  3. 2026-03-10 House

    Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026

  4. 2026-03-10 Governor

    Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

  5. 2026-03-09 House

    Signed by Speaker

  6. 2026-03-09 Senate

    Signed by President

  7. 2026-03-09 House

    Enrolled

  8. 2026-03-09 House

    Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1113ER)

  9. 2026-03-09 House

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1113)

  10. 2026-03-02 Senate

    Read third time

  11. 2026-03-02 Senate

    Read third time

  12. 2026-03-02 Senate

    Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)

  13. 2026-02-27 Senate

    Rules suspended

  14. 2026-02-27 Senate

    Passed by for the day

  15. 2026-02-27 Senate

    Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)

  16. 2026-02-27 Senate

    Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  17. 2026-02-26 Education and Health

    Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)

  18. 2026-02-19 Public Education

    Assigned Education sub: Public Education

  19. 2026-02-16 Senate

    Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  20. 2026-02-16 Education and Health

    Referred to Committee on Education and Health

  21. 2026-02-13 House

    Read third time and passed House (60-Y 34-N 0-A)

  22. 2026-02-12 House

    Read second time and engrossed

  23. 2026-02-11 House

    Read first time

  24. 2026-02-09 Appropriations

    Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 3-N)

  25. 2026-02-09 Elementary & Secondary Education

    Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)

  26. 2026-02-04 Elementary & Secondary Education

    Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education

  27. 2026-02-02 Education

    Reported from Education and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)

  28. 2026-01-30 House

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1113)

  29. 2026-01-14 House

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102765D

  30. 2026-01-14 Education

    Referred to Committee on Education

Official Summary Text

Department of Education; culturally responsive and language-appropriate mental health support and services; guidance and policies.
Requires, no later than October 1, 2027, the Department of Education to develop, adopt, and provide to each local school board guidance on the adoption of policies governing the provision of culturally responsive and language-appropriate mental health support and services for students in the local school division and permits any school board to develop and adopt policies in the local school division that are consistent with the guidelines adopted and provided by the Department of Education.

Current Bill Text

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An Act to require guidance and permit policies governing the provision of culturally responsive and language-appropriate mental health support and services.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1.
§ 1. No later than October 1, 2027, the Department of Education shall develop, adopt, and provide to each local school board guidance on the adoption of policies governing the provision of culturally responsive and language-appropriate mental health support and services for students in the local school division. Each local school board may develop and adopt policies governing the provision of culturally responsive and language-appropriate mental health support and services for students in the local school division that are consistent with the guidelines adopted and provided by the Department of Education.